Bluetooth 4.1 earphones

My S9 plus doesn't connect to my bluetooth 4.1 Anker soundbud slim earphones which I was using with my S6. Is this because the S9 is bluetooth 5? Will I need to get v5 earphones? There are various on v4 models that say they work with the s9 so it's a bit confusing.

I had this problem with my TaoTronic earbuds. They are BT4.1, however I found that I was not puting the headphones into 'pairing mode' properly. Try holding the power button down longer (7-8 seconds) and then see if the S9+ recognises them, it did with me (I too was just getting the MAC address) - Worth a try! :smileyvery-happy:

Hi, no luck. It appears to discover and show the device by mac address but fails to connect. I have connected the S9 to my Pc's Bluetooth successfully so perhaps there are compatibility issues with this set of earphones?

As an official Samsung peep, I'm unable to recommend any suitable third party ones for you (there aren't any official ones out yet). But hopefully another member of the Community can help out with this one. :robothappy:

I had this problem with my TaoTronic earbuds. They are BT4.1, however I found that I was not puting the headphones into 'pairing mode' properly. Try holding the power button down longer (7-8 seconds) and then see if the S9+ recognises them, it did with me (I too was just getting the MAC address) - Worth a try! :smileyvery-happy:

Holding down the power button on my bluedio headphones for a little longer after the "power on" notification allowed it to enter "pairing" mode and I could see it immediately in the list of bluetooth devices on my S9+.